october, oh october, i love you so. you are my most favorite month in chicago. crisp air, crunchy leaves, the urge to wear knee socks and make soup. oh, october, i'm so happy to see you again.

if you've been following me awhile you know that i LOVE horror movies. and every october i subject myself, and my readers, to a horror movie a day. while some of you may enjoy this, my guess is that my referencing the number of quality kills in a movie is something many of you could do without. so, i'm starting a new blog. it should be up and running any moment and if you did enjoy my horror ramblings, that's where they'll be. my goal is to a) not scare anyone over here and b) give myself a place where i can expand my writing about horror further, not only reviewing movies but discussing women in horror, as well as the important rules for survival in a horror movie - which is something i'm, um, passionate about.

in the meantime, october seems to be influencing my work. i can't seem to stop making necklaces in pretty fall colors. like this one:

about shana

shana is a wearer of knee socks, lover of pie, horror movies and shiny things. she writes about horror and other things, makes pie and shiny things in portland, oregon, where she lives with her husband, shawn (aka shampton). she is the vintage jewelry and yoyo obsessed woman behind the cookoorikoo curtain. email me at cookoorikoo@gmail.com.